Pardosa olympica Tongiorgi, 1966

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: Pardosa

Characterisation

Trogloxene?

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Panagias Arkoudiotisas, Roewer 1959, Bosmans et al. 2013
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Chania / Closest settlement: Chordaki

Comments

Known from Attiki and Crete

IUCN Red List

NE - Not Evaluated

Greece's Red Data Book

NT - Near Threatened

Protection status

• There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.

Check Databases

Fauna Europea

GBIF

PESI

Species references

• Bosmans, R., Van Keer, J., Russell-Smith, A., Kronestedt, T., Alderweireldt, M., Bosselaers, J. & De Koninck, H. 2013. Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek Island of Crete. Newsletter Belg. Arachn. Soc., 28 (1): 1-147.
• Roewer, C. F. 1959. Die Araneae, Solifuga und Opiliones der Sammlungen des Herrn Dr. K. Lindberg aus Griechenland, Creta, Anatolien, Iran und Indien. Göteborgs kungl. vet. vitterh. Samh. Handl., 8 (4): 3-47.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Pardosa olympica Tongiorgi, 1966. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 16.11.2025, Accessed 18.04.2026